The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

The next morning, Chen Xiuying got up early, took the sea jelly out of the well, and weighed it, which was about twelve pounds.

In modern times, Chen Xiuying is accustomed to eating thick noodle-like sea jelly, which is also sold in the market.

But now she didn't have a grater and couldn't make vermicelli-shaped sea jelly, so she cut the sea jelly into small pieces, poured in the prepared sauce and chili oil, and sprinkled some coriander and cucumber shreds. Then a small bowl of spicy and salty sea jelly was ready.

She was worried that the sea jelly just taken out of the well was too cold and would be bad for her stomach if eaten on an empty stomach in the morning. Seeing that the pumpkins growing in the corner were good, she made a large pot of pumpkin soup.

Zhou Dahe left early. Seeing his second sister-in-law invite him to have breakfast, he didn't hesitate. After thanking her, he sat on the bench, took a sip of hot soup and a mouthful of sea jelly, and ate two large bowls in a row before putting down his chopsticks, wiping his mouth, and said to Chen Xiuying: "Second sister-in-law, this sea jelly is also delicious. It's smooth, sour, spicy and refreshing. If I eat it at noon, I can eat three big bowls with pancakes." This time he finally got to eat the first portion and was very happy.

Chen Xiuying smiled happily when the food she made was praised: "As long as you like it, eat more if you like it." It's good to like it, and it means there is a market for it.

After Zhou Dahe left, the others also got up one after another.

The sea jelly on the table received unanimous praise from everyone.

Zhou Sisi whispered to her mother, "Although it's not the vermicelli shape it used to be, the small pieces are still pretty good. The taste is still as good as before, and it's like jelly when you bite it, very chewy."

After breakfast, Zhou Dajiang asked his wife, "How big should the mold for the sea jelly be?"

Chen Xiuying thought for a moment and said, "Two kilograms of dried seaweed will yield twelve kilograms of sea jelly. We only bought a little over a hundred kilograms of seaweed in total. If we sell it with the seaweed, we can make sixty kilograms a day, and it will be sold out in twenty days. Let's make three twenty-kilogram molds, with four compartments inside, each holding five kilograms. Also, forget about the sea jelly grinder, as the quantity is small, so it's fine to not use it."

Zhou Dajiang agreed, and after having breakfast with Zhou Dahai, they went to Tian Youcai's house.

When the two men arrived at Tian Youcai's house, he was making fish bladder glue at home. This glue is made from fish bladder. The glue has high viscosity and strong water resistance. Carpenters all use this glue, but it smells bad when it is boiled. Fortunately, it can be finished.

Seeing that he had finished his work, Zhou Dajiang took out the blueprint and handed it to him, asking if he could do it.

Tian Youcai looked through the drawings and said it could be done.

So Zhou Dajiang ordered five grater handles, five peeler handles, and three 20-jin four-grid molds, and made an appointment to pick them up in two days.

By the way, he also bought a small can of fish bladder glue from Tian Youcai. This thing is hard to come by, and Tian Youcai didn't want to sell it. Zhou Dajiang spent half a tael of silver to buy it.

Then Zhou Dajiang asked tentatively: "If I want to order a wooden cart, can you make it?"

Tian Youcai was a skinny old man who prided himself on his craftsmanship. He nodded and said, "If I had a detailed blueprint, I think I could make it according to it."

Zhou Dajiang didn't mention the wooden cart last night, so Zhou Dahai listened to their conversation in a daze, and couldn't imagine what kind of wooden cart it was.

Zhou Dajiang didn't know what his elder brother was thinking. When he heard Tian Youcai say that it could be done, he went home excitedly. He had to keep his daughter at home before she went up the mountain, and he had to draw the picture of the wooden cart as soon as possible.

Fortunately, when the two returned home, Zhou Sisi had not left yet. She and Xiao Hehua were feeding the twins breakfast.

Chen Xiuying was worried that the small pieces of sea jelly, which felt like jelly and could easily choke the children, cut them into thin strips about the thickness of a little finger. However, the little ones weren't very skilled with chopsticks, and struggled to pick up the slippery noodles. They stamped their feet in frustration, and Zhou Sisi, to help, fed them each a mouthful. Seeing her sister feeding them well, little Hehua followed suit, and when Zhou Dajiang returned home, he witnessed this scene of friendly sister and respectful brother.

After waiting for the two little ones to finish their meal, Zhou Dajiang took his daughter back to the house and told her the pattern he wanted to make.

Zhou Sisi had never seen this kind of machine in modern times and didn't know what its specific shape was, so Zhou Dajiang had to draw a rough diagram with a pen while explaining the working principle of the stamping machine to her.

The wooden stamping machine Zhou Dajiang wanted to make had a workbench at the bottom, and on the workbench were two wooden boxes stacked together with their top and bottom open.

Install four copper hinges on one edge of the wooden box to connect the two boxes together.

Then fix the lower wooden box to the workbench, put a stone slightly lower than the wooden box in the box, and fix four angle irons about five centimeters below the edge of the wooden box above the stone.

Cut off the part above the angle iron on the side opposite the hinge and install a thick pull-out wooden board with the edge of the board resting on the angle iron.

Then plan a groove in the middle of the wooden board, which should be slightly larger than the die. The die will then be embedded in the groove.

Using the same method, the bottom of the wooden box above is also made into a pull-out shape, and a groove is also cut in the middle of the wooden board, and a punch is embedded inside.

According to Zhou Dajiang's idea, the die can be made into a groove with iron.

The punch is made of nails and wood. First, hammer in seven-centimeter-long flat-head nails. Evenly space the circles on a wooden board about six centimeters thick and the same size as the die. Then, hammer the nails, each longer than the board, through the top of the board, following the circles. Once all the nails are driven in, about a centimeter of the nail tips will be visible. This completes the simple punch.

Embed the punch into the bottom of the wooden box above, then place a thick wooden board on the bottom, and also place a large stone on top of the board to increase the weight of the fuselage.

Finally, a long handle is installed on the outside of the wooden box, and a simple version of the manual wooden punching machine is formed.

Conception is easy, execution is difficult. Zhou Dajiang used both gestures and drawings to finally make his daughter understand what he wanted to make. Although it's called a stamping machine, it's actually not that difficult, it just requires a little imagination.

Following her father's request, Zhou Sisi drew an impression of her understanding, and also drew drawings of the wooden workbench, wooden box, and punch wood board.

In ancient times, there were no units of measurement such as centimeters and centimeters. Zhou Dajiang marked them one by one according to the size of Donghua Kingdom, and then took the drawings and hurried to find Tian Youcai.

When Zhou Dahai saw his brother taking the drawings out again, he hurried to follow him. He also wanted to see what a stamping machine was.

As a result, he still didn't understand it after he went there, and only felt lonely. So he comforted himself, why bother with it, he would know how to use it after his second brother installed it.